4th meridian west

The meridian 4° west of Greenwich is a line of longitude that extends from the North Pole across the Arctic Ocean, the Atlantic Ocean, Europe, Africa, the Southern Ocean, and Antarctica to the South Pole.

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4th meridian west

The 4th meridian west forms a great circle with the 176th meridian east.

From Pole to Pole

Starting at the North Pole and heading south to the South Pole, the 4th meridian west passes through:

Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes
90°0′N 4°0′W Arctic Ocean
81°52′N 4°0′W Atlantic Ocean
58°34′N 4°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland
57°56′N 4°0′W North Sea Dornoch Firth
57°50′N 4°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland
57°42′N 4°0′W North Sea Moray Firth
57°36′N 4°0′W  United Kingdom Scotland — passing through Motherwell, just east of Glasgow (at 55°48′N 4°0′W)
54°46′N 4°0′W Irish Sea
53°15′N 4°0′W  United Kingdom Wales — passing just west of Swansea (at 51°38′N 3°57′W)
51°54′N 4°0′W Bristol Channel
51°13′N 4°0′W  United Kingdom England — passing just east of Plymouth (at 50°22′N 4°9′W)
50°18′N 4°0′W Atlantic Ocean English Channel
48°43′N 4°0′W  France
47°51′N 4°0′W Atlantic Ocean Bay of Biscay
43°27′N 4°0′W  Spain
46°45′N 4°0′W Mediterranean Sea Alboran Sea
35°14′N 4°0′W  Morocco
30°51′N 4°0′W  Algeria
24°28′N 4°0′W  Mali
13°26′N 4°0′W  Burkina Faso
9°50′N 4°0′W  Ivory Coast Passing just east of Abidjan (at 5°19′N 4°2′W)
5°14′N 4°0′W Atlantic Ocean
60°0′S 4°0′W Southern Ocean
70°19′S 4°0′W Antarctica Queen Maud Land — claimed by  Norway

See also
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